i'm here... tired and slow. but, i'm here. the drive wasn't all that bad -- pretty beautiful actually. while we were making our way across new mexico i almost gave myself whiplash turning my head from side to side trying to take in the scenery. arizona was incredible too. i think what shocked me the most was seeing how many mountains were in the two states -- always imagined flat sandy land that reached for miles -- that was texas, except not sandy. :)